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China-Japan-Koreas
Top US General Warns of 'Nasty' Korea Conflict, Stresses Diplomacy
2018-02-08
[Military.com] The US military's top officer warned Tuesday that any war with North Korea would be "nasty" and said America still hopes to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis.

General Joe Dunford, who is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the Pentagon's role is to bolster diplomatic efforts by providing a clear message about US warfighting capabilities.

"Right now, the military dimension of the problem is reinforcing Secretary (of State Rex) Tillerson's economic and diplomatic pressure campaign," Dunford told reporters travelling with him after he visited US Marines temporarily deployed to an Australian air force base in Darwin.


"His diplomatic efforts are underwritten by a credible military strength."
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Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#5  a meat grinder is avoided if your enemy is out of power, ammo, water and food. You starve them out.
Posted by: Frank G   2018-02-08 20:04  

#4  I was referring to headline - it just triggered an association - not your post, Skid.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-08 18:17  

#3  Sorry, I may have been unclear Grom.
I fully advocate air and orbital bombing of power, port and water infrastructure. A man-to-man, tree-to-tree, mountain tunnel and urban clearing effort in NKR is foolish.

Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-08 17:53  

#2  "Maybe so, but statesmanship [diplomacy] was operating on credit, and sooner or later your credit ran out and you had to pay off in hard money or get sold out". - Lord kalvan (H. Beam Piper)
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2018-02-08 16:34  

#1  Lessons learned from AFG mountainous terrain will not help in NKR. A ground/man war will be terrible.
Posted by: Skidmark   2018-02-08 12:11  

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